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Cant use task manager/keeps restarting

Combi556

Posted 21 August 2008 - 09:02 PM

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I'm gone for 5 days to come back and find the computer is completely different from the way i left it.

1.) the bottom toolbar and, I'm not sure what it's called but the border around every window that pops up (i have windows xp) is usually blue, at least it was until they(mom and husband) changed some things a while back, went to the greyish color like they have in older operating systems. Now is back to the blue.

2.) every program i've used so far since i got back, GOM player, Windows media, Microsoft works all started up like they do the very first time you use them asking for my preferences and what not.(BTW, windows media player is now at version 9, when I left it was at version 11)

3.) the red-flag didnt go up until I tried to use my task managaer, which I now can't. (its not black like everything else, it's grey and not clickable)

But now I'm thinking there might be some malware on here. Please help, here is my hijackthis log:

also, now i keep getting this greyish-brown screen that comes up when i turn on the machine that says the computer is going to shut down and restart in blah blah seconds and gives me a little count down. Says something like there was a ncts error I think.(it hasnt heppened in my last couple of power-ups)

Combi556

Posted 23 August 2008 - 01:58 PM

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emeraldnzl, your help has been much appreciated. I can assure you the windows operating system was aquired legitemately. I can only wonder what the [bleep] went on with the machine while I was gone. It's a [bleep] good thing I'm on probation, i am extremely pissed.(I do my business on here)